Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.

Scimed Life Systems, Inc.

Boston Scientific Corporation

James Wagner

Jamie Li

Doreen Rao

Art Madenjian

Ronald A Sahatjian

Arthur R Madenjian

Sheng Ping Zhong

The invention, in one embodiment, is directed to systems and methods for adjusting support to an anatomical location using an expandable chamber.

Adjustable surgical sling

The invention provides a surgical sling assembly for implanting in tissue to provide anatomical support in a patient. The surgical sling assembly includes a sling and a biocompatible casing enclosing at least a portion of the sling. The biocompatible casing is absorbed by the patient's tissues after the surgical sling assembly is positioned within the patient's tissue to provide anatomical support.

Bioabsorbable casing for surgical sling assembly

Stabilizing an object in the body of a patient involves the injection of a lower critical solution temperature (LCST) material in a flowable form into the body of the patient so that the material contacts the object. The LCST material then forms a gel in the body due to a temperature inside the body such that the object is contained at least partially within the gel and thereby stabilized by the gel such that the object can then be easily fragmented within the body and/or retrieved from the body.

Immobilizing objects in the body

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Sudbury, MA, United States of America

James Wagner